-IPS News THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Balakrishnan, a labourer from Kochi in the southern Indian state of Kerala, was suffering from oral cancer. He was admitted to the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) in Thiruvananthapuram. After the first course of radiation therapy, the 60-year-old could not eat or drink because of severe pain and infection in the mouth. An Ayurvedic mouth wash developed from the Neem plant was administered to Balakrishnan for three weeks during the...
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Missing targets-R Suresh
-Frontline Many of the targets of U.N. Millennium Development Goals may remain unachieved by India, if one goes by the latest progress report. In his keynote speech at the Jaipur Literary Festival held in January, Professor Amartya Sen highlighted the vast disparities of development in India. Whereas in some States such as Tamil Nadu and Kerala the human development indices are on a par with many European nations, many States have...
More »Eastern India can be country's rice bowl: Assocham
-PTI BHUBANESWAR: The country's eastern region has the tremendous potential to emerge as the country's 'rice bowl', a recent study industry body Assocham said. The study titled 'Towards Second Green Revolution in Eastern India: A Road Map' also said the eastern region would be able to achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about ten per cent in paddy production, if the country manages to bridge the gap between potential yield...
More »GHMC launches Rs. 5 meal scheme
-The Hindu Fifty centres to offer subsidised lunch to 300 persons each between 12 noon and 1 p.m. Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Sunday launched a pilot project offering hot and hygienic meals for the poor at Rs. 5 at Nampally Sarai close to the railway station. Earmarked budget A total of 50 such centres offering subsidised meals between 12 noon and 1 p.m. for 300 persons at each location were...
More »Crisis of credibility hits govt Lokpal search panel
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Days after senior lawyer Fali Nariman declined to be part of the Lokpal search committee, more embarrassment was headed the government's way with former Supreme Court judge K T Thomas turning down its offer to head the panel. Thomas wrote to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) declining consent and raising doubts over the two-layered procedure to finalize the chairman and members of the anti-corruption watchdog. Noting...
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